[US-NK Summit] After summit, China likely to remind N. Korea of close ties
BEIJING -- The outcome of the Singapore summit between President Donald Trump and North Korean leader Kim Jong-un was good news for one absent but key player: China.China has emerged a big winner at the summit after Trump made surprising pledges to suspend war games with South Korea and eventually pull US troops from there. Beijing dislikes the US military presence in South Korea and Japan and has urged Washington to suspend the drills that Pyongyang claims are rehearsals for invasion, in return
June 13, 2018
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